army ? regiment info required

[misha]

hi, i have info of my ancestor being a private in 1st battalion,14th foot .
he was possibly in  portsmouth in 1865, possibly malta in 1866 and definitely in east indies 1873.
his name was thomas Liddington and i believe he was an engineer.
can anyone help find out more about the regiment he servd in.

[jorose]

1st Batallion, 14th Regiment of Foot:

http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/014WYork.htm

At the time the Buckinghamshire, then became the West Yorkshire later.

http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/014-1.htm
- list of deployments.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/familyhistory/guide/army/soldiers.htm - info on what's available at Kew.

[misha]

  thanks